Definition of BLANDISHMENT

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From their phones and screens, unemployed and underemployed young Saudis consume the West’s blandishments, as well as the sermons of jihadist preachers and the enticements of global terrorists. — Karen Elliott House, WSJ, "Rethinking Saudi Arabia," 30 Nov. 2018 Saudi rulers mostly have wrangled the factions with a blend of wisdom, manipulation, brutality and blandishments. — Karen Elliott House, WSJ, "The Model for a Saudi Reformer," 17 July 2018 Among its many blandishments is an infinity pool that serves as a ceiling for the den. — New York Times, "Summer’s Most Style-Savvy Movie Is a Cartoon," 3 July 2018 Among its many blandishments is an infinity pool that serves as a ceiling for the den. — New York Times, "Summer’s Most Style-Savvy Movie Is a Cartoon," 3 July 2018 Among its many blandishments is an infinity pool that serves as a ceiling for the den. — New York Times, "Summer’s Most Style-Savvy Movie Is a Cartoon," 3 July 2018 Among its many blandishments is an infinity pool that serves as a ceiling for the den. — New York Times, "Summer’s Most Style-Savvy Movie Is a Cartoon," 3 July 2018 Among its many blandishments is an infinity pool that serves as a ceiling for the den. — New York Times, "Summer’s Most Style-Savvy Movie Is a Cartoon," 3 July 2018 But the sweet glaze of memory, like the blandishment of false philosophy, still offers glints of something darker beneath the surface. — Jesse Green, New York Times, "Review: The Chaos Beneath the Chorale in ‘The Lucky Ones’," 31 Mar. 2018

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